[OKDXA] Heard Island next year

[John G.]

Hi Bob,

The last DXpedition to Heard Island was in 1997 at the bottom of the solar 
cycle, so it is good to hear that propagation was good then, as conditions 
should be better in 2014 then they were then.  I was thinking the same thing 
about the WARC bands, and the US will be limited to 200 watts on 30m but 
unfortunately the rest of the world won't be.  Will just have to get into 
the pileups and give it the old college try.  The beam heading for Heard is 
165 degrees from here so some of the path will be over the southern polar 
zone.

73 John AF5CC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Redmon" <k5sm.bob at gmail.com>
To: "Oklahoma - DX news and information" <okdxa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OKDXA] Heard Island next year


> John, It is a good thing you are patient and like a challenge. Seriously, 
> though, your best bet may be to concentrate on bands where there are fewer 
> big amps and antennas (30/17/12).  If I remember the last operation from 
> Heard correctly, propagation was really quite good. Maybe we will get 
> lucky again.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 3/23/2013 9:55 PM, John G. wrote:
>> Assuming the solar numbers stay about the same as they are now, what are 
>> probably the best bands to have a chance at working Heard on from 
>> Oklahoma?  I will be running 100 watts, so it is little pistol stuff 
>> here.  I have a Cushcraft MA5B I might have up by then, but might not 
>> have it up either.  Is there any chance of getting them with 100 watts 
>> and a fairly low dipole?  I expect the pileups to be huge, and that they 
>> might not be on again in my lifetime.
>>
>> 73 John AF5CC
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